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Dressing the windows

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2012
Is she? Was she? Who did it? Poor Frau no deal "as long as I live" Angie babe. My apologies, this is a very nasty thing to even contemplate but just try and put two and two together - last night's equity markets rally and yesterday's statement by the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
The Australian market looks set to open slightly higher after a marginally mixed performance on Wall Street following the Federal Reserve's less-than-hoped-for stimulus announcement. At 0800 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract ...

Equity clearing and settlement discussion paper released

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
Treasurer Wayne Swan has announced new consultations on the regulatory framework for competition in the clearing and settlement functions of the Australian equity market. The consultation announcement comes as a discussion paper on how regulators should ...

ATO warns on structured products

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
The Australian Tax Office has issued a warning on sophisticated structured financial products that claim to offer franking credits among tax benefits to investors. Michael D'Ascenzo, tax commissioner at the ATO has said the products involved claimed ...

Trio: ASIC evidence insufficient to prosecute Flader

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
ASIC revealed yesterday it has insufficient evidence to prove controller of the Trio Group, Jack Flader, has breached Australian Law. The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services inquiry into the collapse of Trio Capital ...

Not that rainy day feeling again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
"Here comes that rainy day feeling again, and soon my tears will be falling like rain..." (The Fortunes) Looks like I have to prefix my surname with the letters W and R for while I correctly anticipated that heightened volatility in the financial markets ...

ASX launches Equity OTC Clear service

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2012
The Australian Stock Exchange has launched Equity OTC Clear, a new service for ASX participants to anonymously report transactions in over-the-counter equity options. The Australian Stock Exchange's (ASX) service does not require participants to lodge ...

Australian economy on target for growth: OECD

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's economic forecast for May 2012 has confirmed that it expects the Australian economy to significantly outperform other OECD economies, this year and next. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation ...

Brogden calls for government agreement on FATCA

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
FSC chief John Brogden has called on the Gillard government to provide strong support for the wealth sector ahead of addressing an IRS hearing in Washington DC on the contentious FATCA regime. The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) regime aims ...

Private debt gets 'time in the sun'

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
Private debt secured by commercial property is having its 'time in the sun' due to a supply/demand imbalance leading to wider margin spreads, according to one investment manager. Financing of commercial property has seen spreads widen from around 60 ...